Clinkscales said her 8-year-old son was at Anchorage Park for a birthday party on Sunday. Her son was walking by a woman and her dog on the sidewalk. The dog was leashed, but lunged at the boy, biting him and leaving puncture wounds on the boy's hands and hip.

Clinkscales was not there, but said an eyewitness described the dog as sandy colored with a dark patch by its eye, and the woman as blond with a heavier build wearing a dark tanktop and workout clothing.

Because it's unknown if the dog had its rabies vaccine, Clinkscales' son has to go through painful rounds of rabies shots. Clinkscales wants to find the owner to spare her son any more pain.

"What he had to go through that night having to get rabies shots around the wound was horrible for an 8-year-old to go through," Clinkscales said. "He has to go through four more weeks of shots."

Animal Care and Control returned to the scene Tuesday afternoon. Animal control officials said they are actively trying to identify the dog and they have found a possible match, but the circumstances surrounding the bite is still under investigation.

"If she would have stuck around like a normal human being, we wouldn't have to go through any of this," Clinkscales said.